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the issue is set to dominate the american public in the coming years as president obama attempts to reform the legislation. >> this market was very personal. >> so many shots with an assault rifle, there is no real for this to happen. just minding his own business, going home. >> at 7:38 in the morning, shot in the head. >> dmitri was two days away from his 17th birthday when the bullets flew through the windows of his school. his father marches it violently, displaying his story. among the signs with slogans, there are many pictures -- each will of these people. asked to share the sad story of a violent end. this is a grassroots movement created by a handful of concerned mothers. >> this is a program that barack obama called for. he realizes that their members of both parties with no interest in seeing gun-control pass through congress. >> his secretary was not helped -- was on hand to reassure this crowd. >> this is about gun responsibility and gun safety. >> the legislation proposed this week does nothing about the estimated 3 million assault weapons currently own in the u.s.. he does r
the issue is set to dominate the american public in the coming years as president obama attempts to reform the legislation. >> this market was very personal. >> so many shots with an assault rifle, there is no real for this to happen. just minding his own business, going home. >> at 7:38 in the morning, shot in the head. >> dmitri was two days away from his 17th birthday when the bullets flew through the windows of his school. his father marches it violently, displaying...
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now some unions are turning against president obama's health care reform. eamon javers has the details. >> reporter: hi, scott. some unexpected price hikes could be causing headaches for some unions in terms of the president's new health care law and the price they have to pay for health care for their union members. this was reported by the "wall street journal" this morning, and it affects 20 million americans who benefit from these plans run jointly by unions and the employers for small business employees. the health law eliminates caps on medical benefits and prescription drugs, and it allows children to stay on their parents' plans until the age of 26. now the "wall street journal" reported that's going to drive up costs for people participating in the plans so the unions want low-paid workers to be able to be eligible for federal subsidies as a result of that. the obama administration told "the journal" this morning that the regulations are still being written. scott, this one is one of those issues that is still being sorted out in the regulatory pro
now some unions are turning against president obama's health care reform. eamon javers has the details. >> reporter: hi, scott. some unexpected price hikes could be causing headaches for some unions in terms of the president's new health care law and the price they have to pay for health care for their union members. this was reported by the "wall street journal" this morning, and it affects 20 million americans who benefit from these plans run jointly by unions and the...
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president obama puts immigration reform front and center. on tuesday he'll outline his overhaul in a major speech in las vegas. in just hours a bipartisan group of senators will introduce its plan to reform a system that impacts 11 million
president obama puts immigration reform front and center. on tuesday he'll outline his overhaul in a major speech in las vegas. in just hours a bipartisan group of senators will introduce its plan to reform a system that impacts 11 million
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let's reform entitlements. let's get the deficit down. big picture stuff that never really surfaced in the obama administration. >> it absolutely didn't. and again, perhaps that's a reason the council is going away. the recommendations that -- the big picture items that the council recommended were never really adopted by the obama administration, never pursued, despite the fact that these are people the president appointed and had significant business experience. and somebody again that would lend credibility to us as republicans and democrats in congress as a way to come together to get this country's economy moving. in my view, the situation has not changed. in fact, as we saw by the numbers you just reported, the lack of jobs, the slowing of the economy are still here, perhaps getting more evidence that things are going in the wrong direction, not the right direction. and all the more reason to have something to coalesce around the darn partisanship of washington, d.c. and the differences between congress. and i could say every time i
let's reform entitlements. let's get the deficit down. big picture stuff that never really surfaced in the obama administration. >> it absolutely didn't. and again, perhaps that's a reason the council is going away. the recommendations that -- the big picture items that the council recommended were never really adopted by the obama administration, never pursued, despite the fact that these are people the president appointed and had significant business experience. and somebody again that...
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. >> grow up the economy, as president obama pushes for immigration reform today, stunning new evidence about an immigrant brain drain. a coffman foundation study reveals high-tech internet startups has stalled. immigrant startup businesses generated $63 billion in sales over the past seven years and employed more than half a million people. unless the immigration issue is resolved soon, he says the economy could really take a hit. >> all right. good segue. time for part two of our grow up series this week. today here is the discussion point. look at this. this is a super long-term chart of u.s. gdp going all the way back pre1940. you can see, it's all over the place, right? recessions, boom time, whatever. two things are clear. the average since 1940 is for .2% gdp growth. we are currently way under that and have been for a while and going down. so it begs the question, why are the democrats seemingly only focused on tax hikes and the gop seemingly only talking about spending cuts. turns out steve liesman is about to report wall street may be stuck on some of these things, too. steve.
. >> grow up the economy, as president obama pushes for immigration reform today, stunning new evidence about an immigrant brain drain. a coffman foundation study reveals high-tech internet startups has stalled. immigrant startup businesses generated $63 billion in sales over the past seven years and employed more than half a million people. unless the immigration issue is resolved soon, he says the economy could really take a hit. >> all right. good segue. time for part two of our...
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. >> susie: president obama made the case today for a sweeping immigration reform, calling it a "boost" for the economy. by giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, the president said there would be less opportunity for some employers to undercut companies that follow the rules. darren gersh reports. >> reporter: the president flew to las vegas today to make that case that immigration reform would help companies and workers who follow the law. with 11 million undocumented workers in the country, the president said some employers are tempted to pay less than minimum wage or cheat their workers out of overtime pay. >> if we are truly committed to strengthening our middle class and providing more ladders of opportunity to those who are willing to work hard to make it into the middle class, we have to fix the system. we have to make sure that every business and every worker in america is playing by the same set of rules. we have to bring this shadow economy into the light. >> reporter: critics of the president's plan to give legal status to undocumented workers say they've heard th
. >> susie: president obama made the case today for a sweeping immigration reform, calling it a "boost" for the economy. by giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, the president said there would be less opportunity for some employers to undercut companies that follow the rules. darren gersh reports. >> reporter: the president flew to las vegas today to make that case that immigration reform would help companies and workers who follow the law. with 11 million...
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president obama getting set to unveil his plan for immigration reform. he will have that later in the day from las vegas. haley barbour joins us now. the politics of this have been really talked about a lot. in fact, we talked about it earlier this hour. let me start with the economics of immigration reform. a number of ceos have told us that they would like to see this in the perspective of, hey, let's get some highly skilled immigrants in here that will help the economy. that will help us to get us turned around. your views are what? >> there is no question if we follow what is good economic policy for america we will have immigration reform. it will allow more skilled and unskilled foreign workers to come into the united states. we need the labor. if you look at the labor participation rate in the united states, it is almost at a record low for the percentage of adults who are actually working or trying to get a job. only about 58%. if you are going to grow your economy, you have to have enough workers and we do not right now. connell: we are behind o
president obama getting set to unveil his plan for immigration reform. he will have that later in the day from las vegas. haley barbour joins us now. the politics of this have been really talked about a lot. in fact, we talked about it earlier this hour. let me start with the economics of immigration reform. a number of ceos have told us that they would like to see this in the perspective of, hey, let's get some highly skilled immigrants in here that will help the economy. that will help us to...
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. >> president obama gave a speech about immigration reform at american university in nl july of 2009 and listened to the speech. at the time, he had a democratic house and a democrat senate. why would he not take advantage and do immigration reform? is it because you can't move multiple bills through congress you? can't eat and chew gum at the same time? or wasn't his heart in it? >> he promised comprehensive immigration reform in the first year of his presidency and he led off with obamacare and that took all the oxygen out of the room. >> couldn't he do both? >> obamacare took the whole year, the place was divided and bitter. and all the political capital he had in that first year of his presidency, he picked the most divisive issue he could find, rather than bringing us together, he passed a bill on party-line votes, corn husker kickback, louisiana purchase, behind closed door, not one republican voted for it in the senate, if he focused on comprehensive immigration reform in a bipartisan fashion, it would have been done in 2009. >> couldn't they have been done at the same time? t
. >> president obama gave a speech about immigration reform at american university in nl july of 2009 and listened to the speech. at the time, he had a democratic house and a democrat senate. why would he not take advantage and do immigration reform? is it because you can't move multiple bills through congress you? can't eat and chew gum at the same time? or wasn't his heart in it? >> he promised comprehensive immigration reform in the first year of his presidency and he led off...
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. >> susie: president obama made the case today for a sweeping immigration reform, calling it a "boost" for the economy. by giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, the president said there would be less opportunity for some employers to undercut companies that follow the rules. darren gersh reports. >> reporter: the president flew to las vegas today to make that case that immigration reform would help companies and workers who follow the law. with 11 million undocumented workers in the country, the president said some employers are tempted to pay less than minimum wage or cheat their workers out of overtime pay. >> if we are truly committed to strengthening our middle class and providing more ladders of opportunity to those who are willing to work hard to make it into the middle class, we have to fix the system. we have to make sure that every business and every worker in america is playing by the same set of rules. we have to bring this shadow economy into the light. >> reporter: critics of the president's plan to give legal status to undocumented workers say they've heard th
. >> susie: president obama made the case today for a sweeping immigration reform, calling it a "boost" for the economy. by giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship, the president said there would be less opportunity for some employers to undercut companies that follow the rules. darren gersh reports. >> reporter: the president flew to las vegas today to make that case that immigration reform would help companies and workers who follow the law. with 11 million...
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david: president obama unveiling his own proposal for immigration reform during today's visit to las vegas. liz: what could this mean for millions, some 11 million undocumented people? peter barnes arias from the white house with more details. >> reporter: well, like that a bipartisan centers to five senators who announced their planned, the president wants to create a path the citizenship of the 11 million accurate aliens currently living in the country, allowing him to stay here and work here illegally while they wait for green cards and eventual citizenship. similar to the bipartisan senate plan yesterday, the president require the ghosts of register for provisionally rose status. and it would get the back of the line for the citizenship process he also wants to beef up border security, improve the employee verification system with a five-year phase-in, and he wants to streamline the illegal immigration system which is got big backlogs. for example, warning green cars to foreign students to earn advanced degrees here in the united states and science, technology, engineering, and m
david: president obama unveiling his own proposal for immigration reform during today's visit to las vegas. liz: what could this mean for millions, some 11 million undocumented people? peter barnes arias from the white house with more details. >> reporter: well, like that a bipartisan centers to five senators who announced their planned, the president wants to create a path the citizenship of the 11 million accurate aliens currently living in the country, allowing him to stay here and...
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president obama asking congress to take action on immigration reform. what he wants done. on [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on for two whole years. from at&t. call to get u-verse tv starting at just $19 a month with our triple-play bundle. get the same...
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. >> how does obama care and the health reform affect you as a company? >> well, certainly it provides re people will be covered by prescriptions. that's great news for the entire pharmaceutical space. for our particular company, we don't focus so much on continuous care medicines. we generally focus on women's health, those kind of issues so for us not as great but for other pharmaceutical companies great opportunity. >> we'll let you go. they will be anxious to get you up to the balcony so you can ring the closing bell. your logo is green. why didn't you wear green? >> i wore green for him. >> you're australian? >> yeah, i'm starting to forget it. >> no idea. >> we're about to enjoy the close with 20 minute to go here, and the market is continuing to levitate a bit. >> absolutely. still marching closer and closer to a all-time high. really driving this rally? is it fundamentals or just the fed's easy money? that's coming up next. >> the big debate these days, and did the gop roll over on spending and cutting our debt. maria asks house majority leader er
. >> how does obama care and the health reform affect you as a company? >> well, certainly it provides re people will be covered by prescriptions. that's great news for the entire pharmaceutical space. for our particular company, we don't focus so much on continuous care medicines. we generally focus on women's health, those kind of issues so for us not as great but for other pharmaceutical companies great opportunity. >> we'll let you go. they will be anxious to get you up to...
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president obama speaking out a while ago in las vegas about comprehensive immigration reform. his remarks come one day after a bipartisan group of senators laid out a framework for a possible bill that would be a path to citizenship to increase border security. but the president also made it clear if congress can't act quickly on that, he'll put forward his own bill. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is standing by. detail for us what is in the president's proposal? >> reporter: wolf, detail is the key word. in the past, the president has been accused of standing for policy proposals short on specifics. not today. president obama laid out a plan for comprehensive immigration reform that would change the immigration system in three central ways. first, it would strengthen workplace enforcement, specifically by making it harder to hire illegal immigrants in the workplace and make it harder for illegals to get jobs here. secondly, it would create a path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented workers who are already in the u.s. after they pay fines they wo
president obama speaking out a while ago in las vegas about comprehensive immigration reform. his remarks come one day after a bipartisan group of senators laid out a framework for a possible bill that would be a path to citizenship to increase border security. but the president also made it clear if congress can't act quickly on that, he'll put forward his own bill. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is standing by. detail for us what is in the president's proposal? >>...
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. >>> immigration reform, senator rubio is trying to keep it a secret that he and obama are on the same page. we'll be right back. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. >> jennifer: you might be thinking mccain versus hagel or graham versus hagel is the only republican on republican in washington, well it's not. this is what david vitter said to laura ingraham about senator rubio's position. >> i think he's naive on this issue. this is the same old formula we dwelt with before when it was it passed in 1996. >> jennifer: naive an interesting word choice. vitter is concerned undocumented immigrants is going to gain citizenship before the border is secured. senator rubio did criticize the role that border security plays in obama's plan. >> security must happen. these promises have been made in the past about border security and they've never been kept. if we can't find a way to guarantee that, t
. >>> immigration reform, senator rubio is trying to keep it a secret that he and obama are on the same page. we'll be right back. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. >> jennifer: you might be thinking mccain versus hagel or graham versus hagel is the only republican on republican in...
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i don't need a lecture from barack obama about bipartisanship. he was never very good at it in the senate. if you speak tomorrow about immigration reform, i hope you don't suggest you're going to take a pathway to citizenship and delink it from the border. and if you do, you know what will happen, 20 million illegal immigrants years from now. >> greta: in 2009 i listened to the speech and at the time a democratic house and democratic senate. why would he not take time for immigration reform. because you can't move multiple bills through congress and eat and chew gum at the same time or wasn't his heart in it. >> in 2008 he promised immigration reform in the first year of his presidency and led off with obamacare and that took all the oxygen out of the room. >> greta: he can't do both? >> by the time obamacare was done, took the whole year and the place was divided and bitter. and all the political capital we had in that first year of his presidency, he picked the most divisive issue he could find, rather than bringing us together. he passed a bil
i don't need a lecture from barack obama about bipartisanship. he was never very good at it in the senate. if you speak tomorrow about immigration reform, i hope you don't suggest you're going to take a pathway to citizenship and delink it from the border. and if you do, you know what will happen, 20 million illegal immigrants years from now. >> greta: in 2009 i listened to the speech and at the time a democratic house and democratic senate. why would he not take time for immigration...
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america needs real budget reform but president obama insists on playing politics with our country's credit rating. hard 4hardworking american taxps need to balance their budgets. they understand what the president does not. the president bragged in his press conference last week that quotes it's been a busy and productive four years and i expect the same for the next four years." well, it looks like he means that we can count on for your years -- count on four more years of wasteful washington spending. it is time for president obama to finally keep his promise to get america's finances in order. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor, and i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from iowa. mr. harkin: mr. president, first i ask that proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. harkin: secondly, i ask unanimous consent that stephanie lynn and justin clayton, l
america needs real budget reform but president obama insists on playing politics with our country's credit rating. hard 4hardworking american taxps need to balance their budgets. they understand what the president does not. the president bragged in his press conference last week that quotes it's been a busy and productive four years and i expect the same for the next four years." well, it looks like he means that we can count on for your years -- count on four more years of wasteful...
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president obama is giving them a menu of bad options. this is the one modest step, baby step toward reform, toward fiscal sanity that tells private markets maybe there is hope that the government will pull back. maybe if you want to think optimistically you make the case for tax reform, regulatory reform to get the growth up. tax reform to the president means more money for the government. you take spending reforms where you can get it. >> let me make this simple. i consider much of what's been said so far to be ideological. you said there would be no math on this but c plus i plus g. we all believe that. in an economy that has -- >> wait a minute. >> in an economy with an output gap. >> hang on. >> if you cut government spending we will shrink. >> consumption plus investment is 3.4% at an annual rate. >> great. >> it did fine. it was the g. you had one-off trade deficit issues and one-off inventory issues. the problem was the g. >> i don't disagree, larry. >> i want to solve for g. >> you want to cut g more. >> i do want to keep cutting
president obama is giving them a menu of bad options. this is the one modest step, baby step toward reform, toward fiscal sanity that tells private markets maybe there is hope that the government will pull back. maybe if you want to think optimistically you make the case for tax reform, regulatory reform to get the growth up. tax reform to the president means more money for the government. you take spending reforms where you can get it. >> let me make this simple. i consider much of...
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liz: do you feel that president obama heading into the next four years has become more business-friendly, neutral, less? >> i would say i have, um, great hopes that the next four years are going to be better and good four years for the united states. liz: there has been a decline in consumptionover sugary sodas over the past decade, at least in the united states, and then you have certain riders, i mean -- certain leaders, i mean, president obama talked about it either instituting a federal tax on sodas or state governors who might be thinking let me just shake easy money from the beverage industry tree. by instituting some type of tax. what would you say to a governor who's thinking about doing something like that? >> i would say we cannot tax our way and solve this problem, any of these problems. we can't tax and provide solutions. it has never provided solutions. we can only grow our way out of the current situation, and growth means coming together as business, as government to try and create the necessary platform so that business can continue to invest. we are, we have invested $10
liz: do you feel that president obama heading into the next four years has become more business-friendly, neutral, less? >> i would say i have, um, great hopes that the next four years are going to be better and good four years for the united states. liz: there has been a decline in consumptionover sugary sodas over the past decade, at least in the united states, and then you have certain riders, i mean -- certain leaders, i mean, president obama talked about it either instituting a...
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so when president obama passed health care reform, it was personal. and governor romney says he would repeal obamacare and put insurance companies back in charge of a woman's health, that is personal, to. >> debbie wasserman schultz joins me live spent good afternoon. barack obama's fight is for the middle-class and working families. we've had 29 straight months of job growth now. >> president obama was resolute and clear, and he showed that as commander-in-chief he's been able to reestablish relationships and alliances that were in pattern spent election day is 51 days from today. >> we need to do everything in our power to out vocal lies, out organize and out work the other side. >> we are focused on executing the largest most significant grassroots presidential campai campaign. we have eclipsed them in early voting. we ran circles around them on the ground game. >> raise your hand if you have already voted. that's what i'm talking about. >> we still have voters in line across the country we encourage them to stay in line. >> barack obama will be re
so when president obama passed health care reform, it was personal. and governor romney says he would repeal obamacare and put insurance companies back in charge of a woman's health, that is personal, to. >> debbie wasserman schultz joins me live spent good afternoon. barack obama's fight is for the middle-class and working families. we've had 29 straight months of job growth now. >> president obama was resolute and clear, and he showed that as commander-in-chief he's been able to...
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president obama called on congress to pass a comprehensive immigration bill. speaking in las vegas, he complement the efforts of a bipartisan group of senators announced an immigration reform plan yesterday. >> thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you. well, it is good to be back in las vegas. [applause] and it is good to be among so many good friends. let me start off by thinking -- hanking everybody at del sol high school for hosting us. [applause] go dragons. let me especially thing your outstanding principal. [applause] there are all kinds of notable guests here but i just want to mention a few. first of all, our outstanding secretary of the department of homeland security, and janet napolitano. [applause] our wonderful secretary of the interior ken salazar. [applause] former secretary of labor, hilda solis. [applause] two of the outstanding members of the congressional delegation from nevada, steve and gina. [applause] your own mayor, carolyn goodman. [applause] we also have some mayors who flew in because they know how importan
president obama called on congress to pass a comprehensive immigration bill. speaking in las vegas, he complement the efforts of a bipartisan group of senators announced an immigration reform plan yesterday. >> thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you. well, it is good to be back in las vegas. [applause] and it is good to be among so many good friends. let me start off by thinking -- hanking everybody at del sol high school for hosting us. [applause]...
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what will immigration reform look like after a trip through the senate? consider this. the latest "fox news poll" on immigration policy shows 66% of those surveyed illegal immigrants deserve a pathway to citizenship but does the pathway include full amnesty and stricter boarder control. we have grg valliere. that is the biggest point of contention, between the parties, right, the pathway to citizenship? >> i think that's right right, lori. i think the white house will be len yent and more liberal and the house will be more conservative. this is like a locomotive. the momentum for immigration reform is impressive. lori: what are your thoughts on what a compromise might look like? to your point we know the president favors a more lenient policy where republicans want to close the border? >> i think the white house will go along with that. i think within reason they will agree to a lot of these proposals in this bipartisan plan. when you get people like durbin and schumer, liberal democrats going along with something with john mccain and lindsey graham, that's a pretty goo
what will immigration reform look like after a trip through the senate? consider this. the latest "fox news poll" on immigration policy shows 66% of those surveyed illegal immigrants deserve a pathway to citizenship but does the pathway include full amnesty and stricter boarder control. we have grg valliere. that is the biggest point of contention, between the parties, right, the pathway to citizenship? >> i think that's right right, lori. i think the white house will be len...
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martha: so all sides clamor for the lead on immigration reform right now, president obama laid down his marker on this issue in las vegas yesterday. take a look. >> we all agree that these men and women should have to earn their way to citizenship. but for comprehensive immigration reform to work, it must be clear from the outset that there is a pathway to citizenship. [applause] martha: you heard the big applause there but the blueprint released by these eight senators would not let illegal i am hi grants immigrants seek citizenship until border security is increased in a comprehensive way. arizona senator jeff flake is in the group and he joins me now. good morning. >> thank for having me on. martha: what is your reaction saying not needing to have border security completely shored up before you have a path to citizenship? >> no you have to have a pathway it citizenship is important to the president, the border protection especially important to us in arizona. we've got to have it. martha: marco rubio agrees with you. he doesn't want to get into a bidding war on this. this group of bi
martha: so all sides clamor for the lead on immigration reform right now, president obama laid down his marker on this issue in las vegas yesterday. take a look. >> we all agree that these men and women should have to earn their way to citizenship. but for comprehensive immigration reform to work, it must be clear from the outset that there is a pathway to citizenship. [applause] martha: you heard the big applause there but the blueprint released by these eight senators would not let...
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it was obama who breaks the logjam on those trade agreement and passes korea, colombia, panama. i think we can go through a list of a bunch of significant pro-growth, pro-business, pro-market things that the administration did that i think will contribute, and i would put patent reform in there and i would put reforming the visa system to reduce where people come in to visit the u.s., that's a big deal. and if we got some more high skill immigration i think that would help. >> so the next four years, the obama administration will not be a hynde rans to private sector growth getting back to 3% or 4%? >> i don't think -- i think -- >> you think -- >> i think it's a help. >> trying to get in to growth rate. >> -- from the financial crisis? >> i think a lot of this. the fact that normally housing is about a third of an expansion, it's a very cyclical sector. we got way overbuilt. we had 6 million vacant homes. so of course nobody's building new houses if there's 6 million empty ones. if that overhang is cut -- >> let's say the president came to you and said i think 25% of government
it was obama who breaks the logjam on those trade agreement and passes korea, colombia, panama. i think we can go through a list of a bunch of significant pro-growth, pro-business, pro-market things that the administration did that i think will contribute, and i would put patent reform in there and i would put reforming the visa system to reduce where people come in to visit the u.s., that's a big deal. and if we got some more high skill immigration i think that would help. >> so the next...
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>> i think reform is something for mexico to consider. as president obama was told few weeks ago, mexico is not helping the u.s. how to do it. comprehensive immigration reform will have to address the issues that need mexico's collaboration, to having a temporary worker's program that will allow appear orderly travel of workers. we need to be an agreement with mexico. we'll support immigration reform in the u.s. we understand it's a u.s. issue and with respect to the u.s. will decide and our position is to make things to be helpful. >> and the final question here, as we see money coming into the country and the activity picking up in mexico, it's certainly a hot spot in the orlando. what industry specifically are driving that growth? >> well, manufacturing is the main source of our competitiveness. as opposed the companies in latin america. we have a quite sophisticated manufacturing base. it's our space, it's the auto industry in all its component and we're quite competitive and we will continue to be quite competitive. >> minister, it i
>> i think reform is something for mexico to consider. as president obama was told few weeks ago, mexico is not helping the u.s. how to do it. comprehensive immigration reform will have to address the issues that need mexico's collaboration, to having a temporary worker's program that will allow appear orderly travel of workers. we need to be an agreement with mexico. we'll support immigration reform in the u.s. we understand it's a u.s. issue and with respect to the u.s. will decide and...
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obama is sitting high, though he got whacked by the federal court today but i think democrats can be pretty stupid, too. if they reject entitlement reform, if they say we're just going to raise taxes like this budget deal, just taxes and no spending, if they don't deal with federal debt and they don't deal with the economic growth problem, then the democrats are going to be stupid and they're going to give away what advantage they have now. >> charlie cook wrote a really great column today about this issue in 2016 it will still be about the economy, stupid, right? here's the problem. the republicans, you just said bill clinton and ronald reagan. i appreciate that. you also described a dead white man and a nearly dead white man. the republican party has got to get off this issue of only appealing to white men and women over 50. the country is changing and it's changing rapidly. >> in fairness we're having a conversation about bobby jindal -- >> but you dismissed him as a serious presidential candidate. >> i didn't dismiss him. i said his tactic was different than someone from marco ru
obama is sitting high, though he got whacked by the federal court today but i think democrats can be pretty stupid, too. if they reject entitlement reform, if they say we're just going to raise taxes like this budget deal, just taxes and no spending, if they don't deal with federal debt and they don't deal with the economic growth problem, then the democrats are going to be stupid and they're going to give away what advantage they have now. >> charlie cook wrote a really great column...
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today a bipartisan group of senators will release a new proposal on immigration reform as president obama heads to las vegas to talk about the issue. before leaving, the president about itsestions foreign policy record alongside his secretary of state hillary clinton. that's where we begin this morning with you. we want to hear your thoughts on the role of the u.s. on the world stage. give us a call this morning on the democratic line, the republican line, and the independent. 585-u're outside the u.s., 3883. you can reach us on facebook or twitter or e-mail. good monday morning to you. we want to start with the interview with president obama and secretary of state hillary clinton from last night that appeared on "60 minutes." here's how it played in a couple papers from around the country. here's the new york times headline -- and the culpeper star has -- i want to read you from the story that was in the hill newspaper this morning, the congressional newspaper here in washington. what we want to do now is take you to a clip from last night of that interview. here is president obama. [vid
today a bipartisan group of senators will release a new proposal on immigration reform as president obama heads to las vegas to talk about the issue. before leaving, the president about itsestions foreign policy record alongside his secretary of state hillary clinton. that's where we begin this morning with you. we want to hear your thoughts on the role of the u.s. on the world stage. give us a call this morning on the democratic line, the republican line, and the independent. 585-u're outside...
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about immigration reform policy. we will have his, as live for you here on c-span. wednesday on c-span, a senate judiciary committee meeting on gun violence and mark kelly, the husband of deborah different -- gabrielle gifford will be there. also the national rifle association ceo will be there, live tomorrow morning at 10:00 on c-span. >> all of us worked hard for our cause is way before we got to the white house. the white house just was an enormous push up. i think the ladies would agree that the day before you are married to the president-elect, nobody gives a darn what you say. the day after he is the president-elect, people think you are brilliant and your cause is very good. [laughter] that helps. [applause] >> the new original series," it is produced with the white house historical association, season one begins president's day, february 18, at 9:00 p.m. eastern. >> 3 of the moderators of the 2012 presidential and vice- presidential debate spoke last night in washington. they talked about how they prepared an
about immigration reform policy. we will have his, as live for you here on c-span. wednesday on c-span, a senate judiciary committee meeting on gun violence and mark kelly, the husband of deborah different -- gabrielle gifford will be there. also the national rifle association ceo will be there, live tomorrow morning at 10:00 on c-span. >> all of us worked hard for our cause is way before we got to the white house. the white house just was an enormous push up. i think the ladies would...
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today president obama will weigh in on the hot topic of immigration reform. at an appearance in las vegas, the president is expected to endorse a proposal laid out by a bipartisan group of senators. the so-called gang of eight. it offers a path to residency, even citizenship for millions of immigrants who are in the united states illegally. it also calls for employment -- an employment verification system that prevents identity theft, and it would end hiring of unauthorized workers in the future. my next guest will be in the audience when the president speaks. she is grace a. martinez, leader of united we dream, a group of -- a group dedicated to helping undocumented young people. she herself is undocumented and is currently a senior at texas a&m. welcome. >> hi, carol. thank you for having me. >> thanks for being with us. what do you want to hear from the president today? >> you know, we're really excited to be able to have this conversation. i think what we want to hear out of the president is, you know, what it's going to look like for all 11 million. also
today president obama will weigh in on the hot topic of immigration reform. at an appearance in las vegas, the president is expected to endorse a proposal laid out by a bipartisan group of senators. the so-called gang of eight. it offers a path to residency, even citizenship for millions of immigrants who are in the united states illegally. it also calls for employment -- an employment verification system that prevents identity theft, and it would end hiring of unauthorized workers in the...
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that's why we need comprehensive immigration reform. host: president obama speaking yesterday. secretary gutierrez, the wall street journal has a piece today called "obama's immigration principles." do you agree with this? were there warning signs in with the president said? guest: he did have this threat of his own bill and things like that. but there's no question that we need low-skilled workers and we need high skilled workers. we have to really sell on what -- settle on what it's temporary, for temporary workers there must be some market flexibility. may have someone here on a temporary basis but to as great leadership skills. the employer wants to promote them. it's unfortunate the then that they have to go back because they're only temporary. so i think there has to be simplex ability in the system. these issues you mentioned, they are so close that this is the kind of compromise that we need. if the president has to compromise on a guest worker program or maybe having some triggers for the border before we start allowing people to get in line for green card, those shoul
that's why we need comprehensive immigration reform. host: president obama speaking yesterday. secretary gutierrez, the wall street journal has a piece today called "obama's immigration principles." do you agree with this? were there warning signs in with the president said? guest: he did have this threat of his own bill and things like that. but there's no question that we need low-skilled workers and we need high skilled workers. we have to really sell on what -- settle on what it's...
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is the tax tape, do you thank you obama is shifting the debate now, that there is going to be far more taken in greater taxes for the wealthy and far less in spending cuts because that is the cret rick? >> difficult to predict. here is where we are right now. in terms of what has been enacted in 2011 and 2012, we are more than half way, hand this is conservative, i think, more than halfway to the so-called $4 trillion level. of that -- of that effort in 2011 and 2012, what has already been inenacted in terms of savings, it's a -- disproportionately weighed on spending cuts, about 72-28. we need more spending cuts, without a doubt we need that i think we have got to try to make sure we get the balance right r >> just ask you one more question, sir, do you think there is a risk that president obama wastes his political capital in the view of most americans? i mean, the rest of the world is here issing, climate change and carpet emissions in the inaugural speech but not what most americans seem most to care about. it's usually jobs and growth. >> it's difficult for me to analyze that, fro
is the tax tape, do you thank you obama is shifting the debate now, that there is going to be far more taken in greater taxes for the wealthy and far less in spending cuts because that is the cret rick? >> difficult to predict. here is where we are right now. in terms of what has been enacted in 2011 and 2012, we are more than half way, hand this is conservative, i think, more than halfway to the so-called $4 trillion level. of that -- of that effort in 2011 and 2012, what has already...
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president obama setting a time line for immigration reform. saying he would like to get it done by the summer. he emphasizes his administration has already done more on border security in the past four years than the 20 prior. and it should not stand in the way of creating a clear path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented people living in the united states. we'll be back with more steph after the break. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone is ready with the know-how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ ♪ [♪ theme music ♪] >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's the "stephanie miller show"! ♪ i'm walking on sunshine, woe ho ♪ ♪ i'm walking on sunshine woe ho ♪ ♪ it's time to feel good ♪ ♪ hey all right now ♪ ♪ it's time to feel good ♪ >> stephanie: oh, every day is a wonder la
president obama setting a time line for immigration reform. saying he would like to get it done by the summer. he emphasizes his administration has already done more on border security in the past four years than the 20 prior. and it should not stand in the way of creating a clear path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented people living in the united states. we'll be back with more steph after the break. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill...
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for now, he is free from the threat of deportation under the obama deferred action program. but he wants to become a citizen.ardo joined several groups lobbying for comprehensive reform. now with talk of a new framework, he is optimistic. >> what is necessary is the reform with a path to citizenship. we are pretty much americans. even though we are undocumented, i call ourselves undocumented americans. >> reporter: but there are many in the country who may take issue with that. 43% of americans polled, according to a cnn national exit poll, say the u.s. government should deport illegal immigrants and stop more from coming in. what is your response to that? >> i mean, it's clear that even government has stated, that's not even an option. these are people who are contributing to our economy. these are people who are lived here like probably for, like, 10, 15 years, 20 years. i don't know. these are people who are truly americans. >> reporter: you can see why the i grags iss immigration issue is so hard. >> i have a baby and i don't know what happens if they deport me. >> repor
for now, he is free from the threat of deportation under the obama deferred action program. but he wants to become a citizen.ardo joined several groups lobbying for comprehensive reform. now with talk of a new framework, he is optimistic. >> what is necessary is the reform with a path to citizenship. we are pretty much americans. even though we are undocumented, i call ourselves undocumented americans. >> reporter: but there are many in the country who may take issue with that. 43%...
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care delivery system reform. a cost-savings target will focus and guide and spur the administration efforts in a manner that vague intentions to bend the health care costs curve will not. it also would provide a measurable goal by which we could evaluate the progress of the affordable care act much the commonwealth fund in the report that i mentioned earlier has reported that, and i quote, "the establishment of targets can serve both as a metric to guide policy development and as an incentive for all involved parties to make them effective." one of the best examples of a clear target was president kennedy declaring that within ten years the united states government would put a man safely on the moon and bring him home. that message and the mission that was outlined was clear. the result was a mobilization of private and public resources to achieve that purpose because the goal was clear and specific. this administration has a similar opportunity, particularly now at the height of the implementation of the afforda
care delivery system reform. a cost-savings target will focus and guide and spur the administration efforts in a manner that vague intentions to bend the health care costs curve will not. it also would provide a measurable goal by which we could evaluate the progress of the affordable care act much the commonwealth fund in the report that i mentioned earlier has reported that, and i quote, "the establishment of targets can serve both as a metric to guide policy development and as an...
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i think the ideas we saw come out, talk about gun violence prevention, comprehensive immigration reform, climate control, these are things that the american people want. we've been talking about for the last --. bill: but you don't even know if that can pass through even the democratic senate. >> right. >> no, sure but these are the issues we need to be talking about and we ned everyone at the table. these ideas have traditionally come, we found compromises from both parties and we do need to be able to come back to those again. it is unfortunate the last congress speaker boehner had his hands tied by very extreme parties of his party. i had real hopes that speaker boehner would be able to come back to the table and i actually still think he would be able to. bill: three days in, here we are, we are 72 hours warm. got to run, monica, quick last word. >> i could see why the left think ideas of limited government, fiscal responsibility and economic freedom are extreme but pure projection on the part of emily. the left is controlling the democratic party. they are so extreme they won't eve
i think the ideas we saw come out, talk about gun violence prevention, comprehensive immigration reform, climate control, these are things that the american people want. we've been talking about for the last --. bill: but you don't even know if that can pass through even the democratic senate. >> right. >> no, sure but these are the issues we need to be talking about and we ned everyone at the table. these ideas have traditionally come, we found compromises from both parties and we...
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president obama is on his first post inauguration trip in nevada. we will carry the remarks this afternoon. how should the laws on immigration reform be changed or enforced? here are the numbers to call. for democrats, 202-585-3880. for republicans, 202-585-3881. for independents, 202-585-3882. you can also find us online, send us a tweet by writing to twitter.com/c-spanwj, or share your comments with us on facebook by searching for c- span. you can also e mail us, journal@c-span.org. here is the headline from "the washington post," this morning -- "senators outline immigration plan." host: let's take a listen to some of that press conference from yesterday afternoon. senator chuck schumer opened things up. here is what he had to say about the details so far. [video clip] >> americans overwhelmingly oppose illegal immigration and support legal immigration. to this end, we have four basic pillars. tough but fair passed to citizenship for illegal immigrants in the united states. second, reforming the legal immigration system to better recognize the im
president obama is on his first post inauguration trip in nevada. we will carry the remarks this afternoon. how should the laws on immigration reform be changed or enforced? here are the numbers to call. for democrats, 202-585-3880. for republicans, 202-585-3881. for independents, 202-585-3882. you can also find us online, send us a tweet by writing to twitter.com/c-spanwj, or share your comments with us on facebook by searching for c- span. you can also e mail us, journal@c-span.org. here is...
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policy risk, unlike writing dodd frank and obama care, shifted to guns and immigration and expect those to have less of an impact on the market. >> exactly right. compare what the obama administration is focused on and proposing right now to what is focused on four years ago and it is much better. four years ago, we were staring at obama care, dodd frank, cap in trade, card check, a long list of stuff bad for business. now focused on guns, immigration, gay marriage, these things you may like them, may not like them, they are not bad for business. >> john, i'm interested in your pessimism, a market which so far this year, this months, gained 5%. when we are eyeing dow 14,000, would appear that some retail money is coming into stocks. your he arguing the situation is bad, the market is rallying, they are coming back into it, they can profit from it moving through the year. are they wrong? >> sorry. >> john? >> john? >> the situation is lackluster, add it is strifg the market more so than improved outlook for profitability is the expectation that bond yields will remain low for a extended
policy risk, unlike writing dodd frank and obama care, shifted to guns and immigration and expect those to have less of an impact on the market. >> exactly right. compare what the obama administration is focused on and proposing right now to what is focused on four years ago and it is much better. four years ago, we were staring at obama care, dodd frank, cap in trade, card check, a long list of stuff bad for business. now focused on guns, immigration, gay marriage, these things you may...